The Most Avoided Messianic Psalm (6): Comfort in Trouble (Psalm 69:14-19) by Rev. Angus Stewart
I. Through God’s Profound Knowledge
II. Through Petitions for Deliverance
III. Through Requests for Nearness
John Gill on Psalm 69:16: “... the loving kindness of God to his people, and the members of Christ, is ... good: it arises from the good will and pleasure of God; it is pleasantly and delightfully good to the saints, who have tasted that the Lord is gracious, and have had his love shed abroad in their hearts; it is profitably good unto them; it has prepared and laid up good things for them, both for time and eternity, even all the blessings of grace and goodness: it has promised good things unto them in covenant, and it gives Christ, and all good things along with him; it has a good influence on the graces of the Spirit, faith, hope, and love, to encourage them; and engages believers to a cheerful obedience to all the divine commands; to which may be added the duration of it, it lasts for ever: and it is so good, that it is better than any temporal good thing without it; it is better than life, and all the comforts of it (Ps. 63:3).”
Psalm 69:15, "Let not the deep swallow me up," is inscribed on the reverse side of the gallantry medal issued by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the lifeboat service of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.